Humidor



- J. V. SPRAGUE.

HUNHDOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8. 1917.

.1 41 4 38 1 Patented May 2, 1922.

WITNESS UNITED Jomrv. sPRAoUE. or PITTSBURGH, PENnsYLvANIA, ASSIGNOR or I r HARRY w. onossor BELLEvUnrnnNsYLvANIA.

emas T0 HUMIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 8, 1917. Serial No. 141,081.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN V. SPRAGUE, a citizen of the United States, and residing in the city of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented or discovered new and useful Improvements in Humidors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a new and improved humidor for moistening the contents of cases and other compartments used for the display or storage of cigars and other forms of tobacco.

The object I have in view is as follows: the provision of a humidor device which will evaporate water and disseminate mois ture throughout the interior of the compart ment' when required; which may be readily turned on or off; which will not occupy valuable room within a display case; which will be ornamental without being obtrusive, and which may be used as a source of interior illumination for the display case.

These advantageous features are characteristic of my improved humidor, which I will now proceed to describe.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is an end view of a cigar display case provided with one or my improved humidors, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the latter with the bath shown in vertical section.

The following is a detailed description of the drawings.

A represents a compartment intended to contain tobacco products, shown as a cigar case provided with glass panels.

B represents a tubular or hollow wall bracket firmly attached, as by plate land screws 2, to the inner surface of the back wall of the case A near the top of the case.

C is an incandescent bulb socket mounted on the depending arm' of the bracket B, and electrically connected with the lead-in wires 3 and 4 which extend through the wall of the case A and the interior of the bracket '13.

D is a spring holder mounted on the depending socket C in which is secured the curled mouth flange 5 of a spherical bath E of transparent or, preferably, translucent glass.

F is an incandescent bulb screwed into the socket C and depending within the bath E.

The bath E is filled with water or other liquid nearly to its top but sufliciently be low the top of the bath to avoid the possibility of short circuiting the socket.

The holder D is provided with a plurality of ports 6 for the escape of moisture and to permit the supply of water in the bath E to be replenished.

hen the current is turned on, the heat of the bulb causes the water in the bath to evaporate and rise as moisture into the top of the case and descend and permeate the entire interior of the case. When the air within the case is'sufficiently moistened, the current may be turned off.

The advantages of my improved humidor are many, and, among them, may be mentioned the following:

The humidor, being suspended in the upper part of the case from the vertical wall, does not encumber the floor or shelves and thus reduce the display capacity of the case.

I The humidor is sightly and ornamental but not obtrusive. The humidor discharges the moisture into the upper part of the case whence it descends naturally and moistens the goods. Thus no fan or other air agitating device is required. The humidor illuminates the case with a soft, diffused glow which advantageously displays the goods without an unpleasant glare. During holiday seasons the liquid may be colored to add to the display a seasonable attractiveness.

What I desire to claim is 1. A combined humidifier and illuminating device comprising a supported incandescent bulb, a supporting disk carried by and fixedly secured with respect to the incandescent bulb and having a resilient gripping member at the peripheral edge thereof, a translucent fluid reservoir having an open top, said top adapted to fit within the pe Patented May 2,1922.

ripheral edge of the supporting disk and to be held therein by the resilient gripping member thereby suspending the reservoir with the incandescent bulbimmersed within the fluid therein.

2. A combined humidifier and illuminating device comprising a supported incandesin by the gripping means thereby suspendeent bulb, a supporting member fixedly semg the reservoir with the incandescent bulb cured to the incandescent bulb and having immersed therein. 10 grlpplng means at the outer edge thereof, Signed at Pittsburgh, Penna, this 4th a glass reservoir having an open top said day of January, 1917. top adapted to fit Within the outer edge of the supporting member and to be held there- JOHN V. SPRAGUE 

